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THE QARDEHING WORLD 
Julv 30, 190 
The New Royal Horticultural Hall. 
This week we present our readers with two views of ! e 
New Hall of Horticulture, which -was opened by H.M. the E - 
on the 22nd inst. The interior view shows the platform, wl L 
was specially erected for the accommodation of the King r j 
Queen on this particular occasion.. The view also shows aln 
the whole of the floral decorations which were employed at ,e 
opening ceremony. As we describe the plants employee u 
another column, wei need say no more concerning them h 
except that one or two small groups of Lilies and fine folia 1 
plants were employed in the entrance hall. 
The 'other photograph shows a view of the exterior of e 
building, fronting the north-east corner of Vincent Squ j. 
Of the exterior 1 of the building we need not say much, as e 
photograph will show the main particulars. The building i. 
Platform erected for II.M. the King at the opening of the Koyal Horticultural H-all. (Seep. 615.) 
purple, and more or less tinted with that colour towards the 
tip®. In the case of the petals, the spots are a little more 
confined to the centre. All of the colours are light, giving 
the Oakwood var. a very pleasing appearance. The above 
were the cream of a Gold Medal group at one of the R.H.fe. 
meetings. 
The above represents only a few of the very choice Odonto^- 
glossums ini the collection of N. Cooksion, Esq., but we have 
on. several previous occasions given descriptions of some of 
them. The collection is not, of course, confined to Odomto,- 
glossumsj, hut- consists of a, general collection of Orchids col¬ 
lected together by an amateur who, love® bis flowers and 
knows them. It is not surprising, therefore, that the varieties 
which have been accorded space in the collection are of a very 
select' character. We had ample evidence of thisi in a recent 
sale of duplicates ini London, when veiy high price® were 
obtained for the favourites cultivated at Oakwood. Mr. H. J. 
Chapman, the gardener, is not only an enthusiast in all that 
concern® Orchidsi, but he has for many yeais been a' very 
successful cultivator of some of the finest collections in the 
country, and he still devotes hi® energy to their welfare in 
every particular. 
Carving Names on Trees.— A man has been summoned for 
damaging a Plane tree and fined for cutting off a piece of bar c 
and then carving his initials. It is about time this sort of dis¬ 
figurement to trees was stopped. 
Grand Horticultural Fete at Sydney. —The Lord Mayor 
of Sydney (Aid. S. E. Lees) opened a horticultural fete m the 
Exhibition Building and grounds of Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, 
on April 21st. Everything was carried out on an elaborate scale, 
and accommodation provided for an attendance of 15,000 people 
each day. There was a battle of flqwers, a procession of 
decorated motor-cars, and many other side exhibitions. Chry¬ 
santhemums, Dahlias, Bouvardias, Gladioli, and Roses were 
some of the flowers entered for the various competitions and to 
provide entertainment for our cousins at the Antipodes. Ine 
proceeds went in aid of Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives. 
intended to be useful rather than ornamental, consequttlv 
very little of the capital was: spent on, purely decorative fju 
of architecture. The building facing the Square contains ,, 
is known, a®' the annexe in the basement,, and which ina ! 
used for the staging of exhibit® when necessary. Above ic¬ 
on the right-hand, corner, is the large lecture room, 46! H. 
by 26} ft. To the left, of this are three committee-room Li 
the accommodation of the society’s committee® when adjust¬ 
ing upon! new plants at the ordinary bi-monthly meetings A 
hydraulic lift has been constructed for the purpose of rain? 
the specimens to be presented at the committee table or 
taking them away again after judgment has been passe) on 
them. The Lindley Library will also be accommodated ir 6c 
building, in a compartment measuring 4 ft. by 2 31- ft. 1 OTe 
is also an office for the secretary and a chamber for the coi cil. 
Those interested in the meetings and the exhibits will osr 
concern themselves about, the Horticultural Hall itself. M 
is situated along the hack of the premises just deiscribedu'u 
is a very simple building, consisting as it does of a ground a™ 1 ' 
with walls up to thel eaves of the hall. This, is covered r Q 
a curvilinear roof of iron, girders and glass 1 , so, that the int u 
